Summer Space scheme 2019

Blasting off on 22 July, Space provides fun, positive activities throughout the school summer holiday and gives young people across the county the opportunity to build their confidence, develop life skills, improve their health and general wellbeing.

Space 2019 is now in its fifth year since its relaunch by Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime. Space was originally an activities scheme led by police in Staffordshire aimed at engaging young people before it stopped in the 1990s. The new version of Space, coordinated by the Staffordshire Commissioner’s office, is planned and delivered by a wider collaboration of public and voluntary organisations, including the Police. [Read more…]

Aldi sale falls through

aldi 2Budget supermarket chain Aldi have pulled out of their plans to open a store on the former Meadows Special School site on Tunstall Road.

While the exact reason that Aldi have withdrawn from the deal remains unclear, Staffordshire County Councillor Mark Deaville, Cabinet Member for Commercial said: [Read more…]

Green belt land at Gillow Heath marked for housing

sewage works gillow heath reduces sizeLand at Gillow Heath has been removed from the green belt to be included in the Local Plan and marked for future housing development.

The land, bordering the sewage works on Marsh Green Road at Gillow Heath, has now been included after the secretary of state for housing judged 12 acres of land previously earmarked along Biddulph Valley Way needed to be removed due to be being ‘unsound’, [Read more…]

Biddulph Festival 2019

Festival parade aug 2019The Biddulph Festival is well under way with lots of great events still to look forward to.

Every year the Festival hosts a variety of arts inspired, community and charity events for all ages and budgets from 13th June to 31st July. [Read more…]

New Tea Rooms at Biddulph Grange Gardens

grange renovationsNew café and visitor facilities planned for Biddulph Grange Garden

This summer exciting new facilities are being built for visitors at Biddulph Grange Garden.

There are plans to open a beautiful new tea room in the historic Camellia House in time for the summer holidays. [Read more…]

Some parking penalty charges reimbursed in Alsager

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20623144 – man removing parking ticket from windscreen

Cheshire East Council has identified an error in the previous issuing of penalty charge notices on some free car parks – and is urging people to come forward and claim a reimbursement.

This issue, which was brought to the council’s attention during a recent consultation to increase parking charges, by Councillor Rod Fletcher, has seen 675 penalty charge notices issued incorrectly between 26 October 2015 and 13 March 2019. [Read more…]

Festa Italiana Alsager 2019

festa italiana 2019On Sunday 8th September, Alsager will once more be transformed into a little Italy with the town’s annual line-up of fabulous food, family fun, Italian supercars and scooters alongside live entertainment, competitions and more… bringing a little taste of Italy to Cheshire East.

To give you a flavour of what to expect… there will be an array of Italian food sellers from pizza to gnocchi to arancini, panini, olives, oils and wine and much more, with live music/entertainment, Italian supercars & scooters on display, fairground rides, balloon twisting, stilt walkers and street entertainers… and once again there will be fabulous live on stage cookery demonstrations [Read more…]

Green Angels Open Day at Hassall Green Nature Reserve

Green Angels Social Media Graphic - open dayHassall Green Nature Reserve will be open to all from 10am-4pm on Saturday 10th August, as we run exciting nature-based activities and launch The Land Trust’s FREE Green Angels training programme.

National land management charity the Land Trust is bringing its award-winning and free Green Angels environmental training courses to adults across South Cheshire and North Staffordshire, giving them the chance to gain practical skills through hands-on learning. [Read more…]

Alsager School news

Alsager School aug 2019 reduced sizeYoung people from Alsager School awarded highest honour for their anti-bullying work with the Diana Award.

Over the last 4 years, Diana Award trained Anti-Bullying Ambassadors from Alsager School, have been working endlessly hard to provide peer-led solutions to bullying, online safety and general student wellbeing in their school. [Read more…]

Latest from Alsager Lions Club

Lions aug 2019 reduced sizeLions Club collect old spectacles in the UK for reuse across Africa and Eastern Europe, over 300,000 pairs are collected nation wide which are sent to for reuse.

Picture shows Tracey from Scrivens Opticians here in Alsager with yet another box of used spectacles for the Alsager Lions Club. [Read more…]